toutousvstutosWhat's the difference?

Which to use

“toutous” and “tutos” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#46,498
“toutous” frequency rank
#25,846
“tutos” frequency rank
72344
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature toutous tutos
Definition Pluriel de toutou. Pluriel de tuto.

Where the eye mixes toutous and tutos

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.

7 ch
toutous
5 ch
tutos

Why the eye confuses toutous with tutos

A purely visual mix-up. toutous (\tu.tu\) and tutos (\ty.to\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 72344, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

toutous is recorded at frequency rank #46,498, classified as anoun, pronounced \tu.tu\. tutos is at rank #25,846, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ty.to\.

Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.

With a confusion score of 72344, this pair ranks #44,321 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of toutous vs tutos

Shared letters: ostu. Private to "toutous": -. Private to "tutos": -.

"toutous" · 7 letters · shape CVVCVVC  ·  "tutos" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • toutousotutous · totuous · touotus · toutosu · toutouss · touttous · toutuos · ttoutous
  • tutosttuos · ttutos · tuots · tutoss · tutso · tuttos · uttos

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "toutous" for "tutos" ever safe?
No. They are said differently (\tu.tu\ versus \ty.to\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary French text, does "toutous" or "tutos" show up more?
"tutos" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #25,846 in our French list, against #46,498 for "toutous". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Eye-level mix-up between "toutous" and "tutos" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "toutous" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "tutos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #44,321 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "toutous" and "tutos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "tontons vs toutous". Nearby pair
  • Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes

Confusion rank #44,321 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list